NFPA courses in mitigation solutions and action strategies for reducing wildfire losses to be offered in Sacramento, CA

Destructive wildfires affect many areas across the state of California; threatening communities, risking the lives of firefighters, disrupting residents through evacuations and home losses, and creating millions of dollars of damage to homes, businesses and valuable natural resources. The good news is there are simple and often inexpensive ways to make your home safer from wildfire.

NFPA’s courses are taught by experienced wildland fire specialists and offer factual wildfire mitigation solutions and action strategies based on research and post-fire investigations. Participants will learn techniques that are most effective in reducing wildfire losses in the home ignition zone (HIZ) – the home and the surrounding 100 to 200 feet. Courses will also focus on the physical and behavioral sciences and their important relationship to wildfire mitigation.